Hay-press.



A. TINKER.

HAY PRESS.

APPLICATION I'ILED FEB. 12, 1910.

Patented Oct. 17,1911.

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A. TINKBR.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1910.

Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1910.

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Application filed February 12, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDY TINKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stecker, in the county of Caddo and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Presses; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invent-ion relates to new and useful improvements in attachments forhay presses and especially to the class adapted to tie wire aroundbales.

An object of my device is to provide a means for tying wire around abale of hay and a still further object is to provide a mechanism forsevering the wire after it has been securely tied in engagement with thebale.

A further object of my invention is to provide a means for controllingthe tying mechanism in order that the same may be started or stopped.

A still further object of my device is to effectively position the wirearound the bale for the purpose of tying said wire.

Another object of my invention is to provide a means for compressing hayin bales.

These and other objects will be herein after referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, Figure l is a sideelevation partly in section showing a baling machine with my improvedform of tying mechanism cotiperating therewith. Fig. 2 is a transversesection taken on the line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail elevationshowing the clutch mechanism for starting and stopping.

the tying devices. Fig. 4t is a detail elevation of a wedge shapedclutch lever. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a hay baling machine showingmy improved form of tying mechanism cooperating therewith. Fig. 6 is aplan view of an upper and a lower rack bar and a pair of tying needlespositioned between said rack bars. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of themechanism disclosed in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail elevation of themechanism for cutting the wire after it has been tied. Fig. 9 is a planview of the mechanism disclosed in Fig. 8 and also showing one of thetying needles in operative position. Fig. 10

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 17, 1911.

Serial No. 543,472.

is a detail elevation partly in section showmg a peculiar notchedratchet wheel, and, Fig. 11 is a detail plan view of a disk havmgcutting notches arranged in its circumference.

'Referringto the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorrespondmg parts throughout the several views, 1 is the usual orpreferred form of compartment employed in hay presses mounted uponwheels 2 and having a hopper 3 through which hay may be fed into saidoompartment. Although not shown, suitable means may be employed inconnection with the hopper 3 to prevent hay from falling behind theplunger-head l, and said plunger-head is moved longitudinally throughthe compartment 1 by means of the plunger 5, itbeing obvious that anyform of power may be used to drive said plunger. As the plunger 5 ismoved inwardly, the plungerhead 4 forces the hay into a balingcompartment 6, said baling compartment being connected or integral withthe compartment 1 and in alinementtherewith.

A shaft 7 extends transversely of the compartment l and below theplunger 5, said shaft being also rotatably mounted in the bearings 8 and8*, the latter being secured on the vertical walls of the compartment 1.In the length of the shaft 7 and at a point adjacent the plunger 5 is acog wheel 9, said cog wheel being designed to rotate with the shaft 7and mesh in'engagement with the rack bar 10, the latter being secured onthe plunger 5 also having a plurality of notches adapted to registerwith the cogs on the cog wheel 9, so that when the plunger 5 is movedlongitudinally through the compartment 1, the cog wheel 9 will be causedto rotate and in turn the shaft 7 will be rotated, likewise a sprocketwheel 11 mounted on a portion of the shaft 7 which extends beyond thecompartment 1 willalso be rotated. Adjacent the inner face of thesprocket wheel 11 is a collar 12 and integral with said collar is themale member of a suitable clutch 13, the female member of said clutchbeing integral with a collar 14, the latter being fixedly secured uponthe shaft 7.

The clutch member 13 is normally held in operative position by means ofa spring 15 which encompasses the shaft 7, one end of said springbearing against the outer face of the sprocket wheel 11, while the otherend thereof bears against an annular plate 16 secured on the outer endof the shaft 7. For the purpose of throwing the clutch member 13 to aninoperative position, a lever 17 fulcrumed upon the adjacent verticalwall of the compartment 1 is utilized to cotiperate with a wedge member18, the latter being designed to slide laterally in a bearing 19, saidbearing being suitably positioned on a wall of the compartment 1. Thewedge 18 is adapted to pass between the collars 12 and 14, and in sodoing, will cause the clutch member to become engaged or disengaged,correspondingly as the wedge is moved outwardly or inwardly.

A suitable link chain 20 is adapted to cooperate with the sprocket wheel11 and to communicate power to a corresponding sprocket wheel 21 mountedupon a shaft 22 and integral thereon, said shaft 22 being rotatablymounted in bearings 23 and 23 the latter being secured on the upper wallof the compartment 6.

The shaft 22 is the medium through which power is transmitted to themechanism which performs a function of securing wire in engagement withthe bale of hay, at just the proper moment. If desired, the shaft 22 maybe operated by hand, by way of a; wheel 24 fixed on the end of the shaftopposite the end on which is mounted the sprocket wheel 21.

Adjacent the sprocket wheel 21 and secured on the shaft 22 is a notchedwheel 25, the notches on said wheel extending horizontally outward fromthe inner face thereof and for a portion of the circumference, thebalance of the circumference being blank, while between the wheel 25 andthe bearing 23 is a second notched wheel 26, the notches on said wheelbeing arranged for a portion of the distance around the circumferencethereof, while the remaining part is blank, as shown on the wheel 25 anda third notched wheel 27 is positioned on the shaft 22 on the oppositeside of the bearing 23 to the side on which is located the wheel 26,said last mentioned wheel having its circumference notched similarly tothe wheels 25 and 26. The wheels 25, 26 and 27 are positioned on theshaft 22 in such a manner as to provide a means for rotating the shafts28 and 29 having on one end respectively, bevel gears 30 and 30*, thelatter being designed to mesh in engagement with the notches carried onthe wheels 25, 26 and 27. It will be seen that the arrangement of thenotches on thewheels 26 and 27 are such that when the notches on thewheel 26 engage with the gear 30, the shaft 28 will be rotated in onedirection, while when the notches on the wheel 27 mesh in engagementwith the gear 30, the shaft 28 will be rotated in the opposite directionto the one just previously mentioned. Suitable bearing members 31 areprovided for the shafts 28 and 29.

A bevel gear 32 similar to the oneshown at 30, is provided on theopposite end of the shaft 28, said gear 32 being adapted to mesh inengagement with a bevel gear 33 carried on the toothed pinion 34, thelatter being rotatably mounted on a shaft 35, seated in suitablebearings 36, and a toothed pinion 34" similar to the pinion 34 isprovided on the opposite end of the shaft 35, each of said pinions beingdesigned to operate corresponding notched rack bars 37 and 37, said rackbars being parallel and terminating in substantially L shaped members,which in turn are integral with a bar 37 upon which are secured thetying needles 38 and 38 The shaft 35 being mounted perpendicularly tothe plane of the press and the pinions 34 and 34" extending at rightangles to the shaft 35, the notched rack bars 37 and 37 registering withthe teeth on the pinions 34 and 34, will cause said rack bars to move ina plane that is transverse to the plane of the pinions 34 and 34 and inso doing, will correspondingly direct the movement of the tying needles38 and 38.

The first operation before the process of baling and securing haycommences, is to position a wire 39 which is carried on some suitablesupplying member, in between the bevel notches of a disk 40, said diskbeing rotatably mounted upon a pin 41 or the like, and when theplunger-head is moved longitudinally into the baling compartment 6, saidplunger-head will come in contact with 'the wire and force the samewithin said baling compartment, thus providing three sides of wire,after which the tying needles 38 and 38 are utilized to make the fourthside of wire by passing transversely of the bale of hay after it hasbeen pressed within the baling compartment 6 and also the three sides ofwire, after the first operation of positioning the wire 39 in engagementbetween a pair of the cogs on the disks 40, similar operations will beperformed automatically thereafter, as will be explained more fully.

The shaft 29 has a bevel gear 42 on the end opposite to the gear 30,said bevel gear 42 being adapted to mesh in engagement with thecorresponding bevel gear 43 carried on the toothed wheel 4-4 mountedupon a shaft 45, the teeth on the wheel 44 being designed to registerwith the peculiar, sub stantially pyramid shaped teeth of the wheel 46,said last mentioned wheel being rotatably mounted in a bearing 47, saidlast mentioned wheel also having a plurality of notches 48, said notchesbeing designed to register with a channel portion 49 of the bearing 47.As the toothed wheel 44 revolves, the wire 39 carried by each. of thetying needles 38 and 38, positioned respectively adjacent the top andbottom of the bale, will be caused to drop in the notches 48 of thewheel 46 and the revolution of the latter wheel will cause the strandsof wire positioned in the notches to revolveand in so doing becometwisted in engagement for the purpose of securing the same. It is to beunderstood that a similar wheel to the one designated at 46, is providedfor at the lower end of the bale and a notched disk similar to the oneshown at 40, is also provided at the same point, the functions of onecorresponding to the functions of the similar one positioned opposite.

In order to cut the wire after it has been twisted, a pair of knives 50and 5O are pivotally mounted upon a frame 51, the latter having aninward extending member 52, the member 52 being so positioned as to comein contact with a lug 53 carried on the face of the toothed wheel 44,and as the latter rotates, the lug 53 will be brought in engagement withthe inward extending member 52 of the frame 51 causing said frame tomove the knives 50 and 50 upon their fulcrumed points 54 and 54 therebysevering the twist ed strands of wires.

The disks 40 are not only used to hold the wire in engagement betweenthe beveled teeth out in its periphery, but said beveled teeth are alsodesigned to cut a portion of the wire that extends between the knives 50and 50 and said disks, this last operation being brought about by meansof the lug 53 of the toothed wheel 44 coming in contact with aright-angled extension 55 of the frame 56, each end of the frame 56having parallel members 57 and 57 extending at right angles thereto,said last mentioned members being pivotally mounted upon the frame 56and designed to operate pawls 58 and 58, which in turn rotate the disks40 for a space of one notch. The pawls 58 and 58 are ordinarily held outof engagement with the disks 40 by means of a spring 59 positionedrespectively on the members 57 and 57*. As the disks 40 are rotated, thewire adjacent the inner face of said disks is severed leaving theportion on theother face held in engagement between the notches and theadjacent members 57 and 57.

Each of the tying needles 38 and 38 have fulcrumed within eachrespectively a substantially l. shaped finger 60, said finger having achannel portion along the outer edges to receive the wire 39 which isthreaded in said tying needles, ands-as the latter are moved backwardand forward by means of the rack bars 37 and 87*, one side of the Lshaped finger which extends normally slightly without the needle, willcome in contact with a standard 61, and in so doing, swing the othermember of the L shaped finger in such a position as to direct the wirein between the notches of the disks 40 and also in engagement with thenotches 48 of the wheel 46.

It will be seen from the foregoing that I have provided a novel meansfor twisting the wire in engagement with baled hay and also a means forsupplying the wire for the purpose just'mentioned. The combination ofparts presented are such as may be at: tached to any type of balingpress for hay, straw and the like and the arrangement of said parts isso definitely arranged as to positively provide for the co'ciperation ofone part with another for the accomplishment of a predetermined amountof work.

The parts for transmitting power to the binding and tying mechanism areso arranged as to cause each of the latter parts to do its work at justthe proper moment, thereby providing against the danger of entanglingthe wire used for binding purposes with the working parts of themechanism.

What I claim is 1. In a baling press, a baling chamber, a plungerreciprocating therein, a pair of needles adapted to reciprocatetransversely of said baling chamber, means operated by the reciprocationof said plunger to operate said needles, said needles being threadedwith a strand of wire, respectively, a frame extending beyond saidbaling chamber, means on said frame adapted to twist the wire carried bysaid needles, knives pivotally mounted on said frame and adapted to cutthe wire after the same has been twisted, a toothed wheel operating inconjunction with said twisting means, and means on said wheel to operatesaid knives at a predetermined point in the rotation thereof.

2. In a baling press, a baling chamber, a plunger reciprocating therein,a rack on the plunger, a transverse shaft, a gear wheel thereon meshingwith the rack, a sprocket wheel on the shaft, a transverse shaft at theend of the chamber, a sprocket wheel thereon, a sprocket chainconnecting the two sprocket wheels, a frame comprising two parallelracks and two parallel needles, a

shaft, two gears thereon meshing with the racks, and connections betweenthe last named shaft and the sprocket wheel shaft last named, wherebythe former is operated from the latter to reciprocate the needles.

3. In a baling press, a baling chamber, a plunger therein, a transverseshaft at the end of the chamber, two mutilated crown gears on the shaft,a longitudinal shaft, a bevel gear on one end thereof adapted toalternately mesh with the two mutilated gears, a bevel wheel on theopposite end of the longitudinal shaft, a vertical shaft carrying twogear wheels and a'bevel wheel engaging the bevel wheel on thelongitudinal shaft, and a frame comprising two parallel comprisingnotched wheels on the side of the chamber, means carried by the needlesto place the wire in the notches, means comprising pawls for turning thenotched wheel, a frame carrying the pawls for opposite wheels, andhaving an inward extension, and a wheel carrying a pin for engaging the1 extensions to move the frames.

5. In a baling press, a gear wheel carrying a lateral pin, a bar havingan inward lateral extension to engage said pin as the wheel rotates,pivoted lever knives connected at their ends to the opposite ends of thebar,

I and cutting wheels coacting with said knives.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDY TINKER.

W'itnesses H. WV. MORGAN, R. L. LAWRENCE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

